Gaetano Valeri's organ works are noted for their smooth cantability, lively rhythm, and balanced construction, reflecting a 'gallant style' that avoided easy effects.
Composer Biography
Despite his musical studies, Gaetano Valeri was initially more drawn to plastic and figurative arts, a passion that lasted his entire life.
Composer Biography
Gaetano Valeri served as organist and later choirmaster at the Padua Cathedral, an important role that included teaching singing to clerics and seminarians.
Composer Biography
Gaetano Valeri even constructed a wooden scale model of Padua, meticulously measuring buildings during sleepless nights.
Compositional Technique
The typical form for Gaetano Valeri's organ compositions is the binary-form sonata, a structure also used by Domenico Scarlatti, Benedetto Marcello, and Baldassare Galuppi.
Composer Biography
Gaetano Valeri, the composer, was born in Padua in 1764 and spent almost his entire life and career in the city.
Performer Biography
Alessandro Perin, the organist on this recording, holds Master's degrees in Organ, Harpsichord, and Classical Philology, and is the organist at S. Maria Assunta Cathedral in Padua.
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